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Grand Duke of Russia
Grand Duke Alexander Alexandrovich of Russia
(
Russian
:
Великий Князь Александр Александрович Романов
; 7 June 1869 ? 2 May 1870) was the second son of the
Tsesarevich
and
Tsesarevna
of Russia, later
Emperor Alexander III
and
Empress Maria
.
Grand Duke Alexander's father was
heir apparent
to the
Russian
throne as the eldest living son of Emperor
Alexander II of Russia
. The Grand Duke was Alexander and Marie's second child, second son, and the younger brother of the future Emperor
Nicholas II
.
Alexander died of bacterial
meningitis
in 1870, one month before his first birthday.
[1]
Following his death, his mother wrote to her own mother,
Queen Louise of Denmark
: "The doctors maintain he did not suffer, but we suffered terribly to see and hear him."
[2]
The only photo taken of the Grand Duke was taken posthumously.
Sergei D. Sheremetev, the
adjutant
to Tsarevich Alexander, accompanied the body on horseback to the
Peter and Paul Fortress
.
[3]
The grand duke was buried in the northern
nave
of the
Peter and Paul Cathedral
in a white marble
sarcophagus
.
[4]
Ancestry
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Ancestors of Grand Duke Alexander Alexandrovich of Russia
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References
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Igor Viktorovich Zimin.
Doctors of the Court of His Imperial Majesty, or How the Royal Family Was Treated. ? Moscow: Tsentrpoligraf, 2016. ? S. 247?248. ? 895 p. ?
ISBN
978-5-227-07530-7
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Zeepvat, Charlotte (2005).
The Camera and the Tsars
. Sutton Publishing. p. 178.
ISBN
0-7509-4210-X
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Memoirs of Count S. D. Sheremetyev. M.: Indrik, 2004. c.423?424
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R. E. Krupova, L. Ya. Lurie .
Peter and Paul Cathedral ? the imperial tomb // Historical cemeteries of St. Petersburg / Alexander Kobak , Yuri Pirotko . ? Moscow: Tsentrpoligraf, 2011. ? P. 286. ?
ISBN
978-5-227-02688-0
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- 1
born a Grand Duke, but stripped of his title by
Alexander III
's
ukase
of 1886, limiting the style to sons and male-line grandsons of a tsar
- 2
title of pretence granted by Grand Duke Kirill Vladimirovich as claimant to the Russian throne
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title of pretence granted by Grand Duke Vladimir Kirillovich as claimant to the Russian throne
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